Mary

英美[?m?r?]

常用詞匯

Mary: fem. proper name, Old English Maria, Marie, "mother of Jesus," from Latin Maria, from Greek Mariam, Maria, from Aramaic Maryam, from Hebrew Miryam, sister of Moses (Ex. xv.), of unknown origin, said to mean literally "rebellion." Nursery rhyme "Mary had a Little Lamb" written early 1830 by Sarah Josepha Hale of Boston; published Sept. 1830 in "Juvenile Miscellany," a popular magazine for children. Mary Jane is 1921 as the proprietary name of a kind of low-heeled shoe worn chiefly by young girls, 1928 as slang for marijuana.

1. Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.: 瑪麗女王開(kāi)啟了青花瓷在英格蘭的流行風(fēng)尚。

2. Mary Ann doesn't want to have children. Not right now, anyway.: 瑪麗·安不想要孩子，至少現(xiàn)在不想。

3. "He was a lawyer before that," Mary Ann put in.: “在那之前他是個(gè)律師，”瑪麗·安補(bǔ)充道。

4. His wife of 63 years, Mary, predeceased him by 11 months.: 和他結(jié)發(fā)63年的妻子瑪麗先于他11個(gè)月離開(kāi)人世。

5. Nina and Mary were in the kitchen, cleaning up after dinner.: 吃過(guò)晚飯，尼娜和瑪麗在廚房里收拾。